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Modifying Clause Diagnostic: identifying specific points that need review

¹The term "adjective" is reserved here for the category of words called Adjective (in caps). Note that nouns, phrases, and clauses can also function as modifiers (a term for function.) CGEL 4.2.2-3, 14.2

That / Which: adding a modifying clause

Int. ESL, Native Speakers

• Relative Pronouns–that/which
• Forming a That–Clause
• Clause Position
• Omitting That
• Punctuation
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct – incorrect
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

Who(m) Clause: adding a modifying clause clause for persons

Int. ESL, Native Speakers

• Relative Pronoun–who/whom
• Forming a Who–Clause
• Clause Position
• Omitting Who
• Punctuation
• Preposition Placement
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – complete sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct – incorrect
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

Whose Clause: adding a modifying personal possessive clause

Int. ESL, Native Speakers

• Possessive Pronoun–whose
• Forming a Whose-Clause
• Whose-Clause Position
• Punctuation
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – complete sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct – incorrect
• Practice – edit paragraph

Of which Clause: adding descriptive information for possessive nouns (inanimate)

Int.–Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• Possessive for People v. Things
• Forming an Of Which-Clause
• Of Which-Clause Position
• Punctuation
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

When/Where Clause: adding descriptive information for time or place

Int.–Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• When / Where Obj Pronouns
• Forming When/Where Clauses
• In- On- At- Which Clauses
• Punctuation
• Practice 1– complete sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct – incorrect
• Practice 3 – edit paragraph

Wh-ever Clause: adding indefinite information

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Wh-ever Uses
• Whoever Clauses
• Whatever Clauses
• Whichever Clauses
• However Clauses
• Clause Order
• Other Word Forms
• Commonly Confused
• Common Mistakes
• Practice – complete the sentence (MC)

All of which: using a quantity phrase to add a modifying clause

Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• Quantity of which/whom
• Quantity Phrases
• All of Which
• Many of Whom
• Most of Whose
• Punctuation
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 complete sentence (MC)

That vs. Which: adding a modifying clause to identify which noun

Int.–Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• Identifying v. Nonidentifying Clause
• Except Prep + Which
• Restrictive Clauses
• Punctuation–Commas
• Common Mistakes
• Practice 1 – correct – incorrect
• Practice 2 – edit paragraph

Some or All: restrictive vs. nonrestrictive clauses

Int.–Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• Restrictive v. Nonrestrictive
• Punctuation
• Practice 1 – commas - no commas
• Practice 2 – edit paragraph

Which Clause: modifying an entire clause

Int.–Adv., ESL, Native Speakers

• Refer Word v. Clause
• Common Mistakes
• Practice – complete the sentence (MC)

Clause Reduction 1: shortening a modifying clause with a be verb form

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Clause Reduction (be verb forms)
• Reduc in NonID Clauses
• Prepositional Phrases
• Progressive Tense
• Passive Voice
• Grammar Notes
• Practice– multiple choice

Also known as:  That + be deletion, or changing a finite relative clause to a non-finite relative clause

Clause Reduction 2: reducing a modifying clause

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Reducing a Clause (active verb forms)
• Pres Tense Cls Reduction
• Past Tense Cls Reduction
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1– complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2– correct / incorrect

Also known as:  That + be deletion, or changing a finite relative clause to a non-finite relative clause

Participial Clauses 1: reducing a clause with a passive verb to a participial clause

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Reduced Participial Clause
• Punctuation
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – correct-incorrect
• Practice 3 – edit the paragraph

That + be deletion; finite to a non-finite relative clause

Participial Clauses 2: reducing a clause with a passive or active verb to a participial clause

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Present-Participle Clauses
• Present & Past Participle clauses
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 2 – complete the sentence (MC)
• Practice 3 – edit the paragraph

[That + be deletion; finite and nonfinite clause; adjunct modifiers]   

Misrelated Clauses: improving placement and reference

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• Participial Clauses
• Mid- and End-Clauses
• Clause Types
• Uses in Writing
• Common Mistakes
• Grammar Notes
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – correct / incorrect
• Practice 3 – editing

Ch 13 Adj Clauses: review of modifying clauses

practices for Azar UUAE chapter 13

Located in Review Practices

Modifying Clause Quiz: modifying clauses for possessives and quantifiers  

auto-correcting quiz – multiple choice

Nouns with Modifiers: subject-verb agreement when modifiers come between

Int. ESL, Native Speakers

• Clauses and Phrases
• Practice 1 – multiple choice
• Practice 2 – correct/incorrect

Ending with a Preposition:  placing a preposition at the end of a sentence

Int.–Adv. ESL, Native Speakers

• End with a Preposition?
• Final Prep – Wh-questions
• Final Prep – Statements
• Common Mistakes
• Omitting Prepositions
• Final Prep – Verb + Prep Phrase
• Final Prep – Phrasal Verbs
• Practice